Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was a professional footballer and coach who played as a forward, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Nicknamed "Saeta Rubia", he is best known for his achievements with Real Madrid, where he was instrumental in the club's domination of the European Cup and La Liga during the 1950s and 1960s. Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five European Cup victories, scoring goals in each of the five finals. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia.
The Supercopa de España, also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of the Copa del Rey and La Liga.
Juan Román Riquelme is an Argentine former professional footballer and current president of Boca Juniors, the club where he spent the majority of his playing career. He is considered by various journalists, players and coaches as one of the greatest playmakers of all time.
Miguel Ángel Russo is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Rosario Central.
Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani Ughetto is an Argentine football coach and a former player, who played as an attacking midfielder. He currently works as the manager of River Ecuador in Ecuador.
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was named the world's best player for a record eight times by FIFA. Until 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 34 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles, and the UEFA Champions League four times. With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals (474), hat-tricks (36), and assists in La Liga (192). He has the most international goals by a South American male (106). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and the most goals for a single club (672).
César Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco ("Slim"), was an Argentine football player and head coach who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team.
Alfredo Rubén "Alfio" Basile, nicknamed Coco, is an Argentine football manager and former player. He played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán before becoming a manager. He coached many teams during his career, being most notable Racing Club de Avellaneda, the Argentina national team and Boca Juniors, where he won five titles in two years.
Gabriel Humberto Calderón is an Argentinian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of UAE Pro League side, Khor Fakkan Club.
The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the national football teams of the two countries and their respective sets of fans. Games between the two teams are often marked by notable and controversial incidents. The rivalry has also been referred to as the Battle of the Americas or the Superclassic of the Americas. FIFA has described it as the "essence of football rivalry". CNN ranked it second on their top 10 list of international football rivalries—only below the older England–Scotland football rivalry.
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo is an Argentine football coach and former professional player. He is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad. During his playing career, Gallardo was an attacking midfielder and playmaker. He was regarded for his vision, technique, class, dribbling and especially his defence-splitting passing.
Miguel Ángel Brindisi de Marco is an Argentine football coach and former player. An attacking midfielder, he played for the Argentina national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Éver Maximiliano David Banega is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Newell's Old Boys.
Macnelly Torres Berrío is a former Colombian footballer former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Juan Manuel Martínez, nicknamed Burrito, is an Argentine football forward who plays for Almirante Brown. He also holds a Portuguese passport. Martínez is best known for his agility, pace on the ball and brilliant dribbling skills.
Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallegos is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Professional League club Al-Shabab and the Colombia national team.
Nahuel Molina Lucero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team.
King Saud University Stadium (KSUS), known as Al-Awwal Park due to sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In September 2020, SMC obtained the management rights for operating the stadium. In October 2020, SMC signed a deal with Al Nassr FC for the Al-Awwal Park to become their home stadium.
The 2022 Supercopa de España was the 38th edition of the Supercopa de España, an annual football competition for clubs in the Spanish football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.
